![]() ![]() This means that prisoners should be able to receive books from 1 February, following months of campaigning by free speech groups and authors. The high court wants books to be removed from the category of items that can’t be brought or sent into prisons, in recognition of the fact that they are not a privilege. A court order, which needs to be implemented by 31 January, asks the Ministry of Justice to amend the “ incentives and earned privileges” instructions, introduced in November 2013, which currently state that “the general presumption will be that items for prisoners will not be handed in or sent in by their friends or families unless there are exceptional circumstances”, effectively ruling out books from being sent to those in jail. ![]()
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